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I wish for everyone alive and yet to be born, to have +1 empathy added to their character stats. (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Granted. The world is unchanged because when all action and perception is shifted exactly the same amount in the same way, the relative effect is net zero.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I love the imication that someone can be so empathetic that it makes me less